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| | About NU - Northeast Utilities |
 | | Also during that time, the invention of the telegraph, electric bell, electric signals, fire and burglar alarms, arc lamps and batteries gave birth to the electrical manufacturing industry, and by 1869 the Gray and Barton Company (which later became Western Electric Company) had become a leading producer in the field. |
 | | The first electric arc lamp was developed in 1809 by the English chemist, Sir Humphrey Davey. |
 | | It was incorporated on October 15, 1878, with capitalization of $300,000, for the expressed purpose of financing Thomas Edison's development of a practical incandescent lamp. |
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